Welcome to the Cebus Lab

The CEBUS Lab investigates topics related to the evolution of decision-making and economic behavior across the primate Order. One of our major areas of research is exploring how non-human primates make such decisions, and how those decisions are altered based on social and ecological contexts. We take an explicitly comparative approach, studying eight primate species, humans, and non-primate animals, to better understand the evolution of these behaviors. Please explore our research or publication pages to learn more about our work. We also have a short video about some of our work below, courtesy of NSF’s Science Nation.